medical certificate needed?

[Karibelle]

DAN does a seminar on diving with diabetes, and there is a one page summary of the "highlights." This covers selection criteria (not all diabetics should be divers, but within the criteria there seem to be few contraindications), scope of diving and glucose management. I'd recommend you get a copy of that one pager (If you PM me your email I can send it to you).

I'd strongly advise that the diabetic ensures that the DM on this and all trips understands that he has diabetes, and also any special signals that might be encountered (low blood sugar). This can help with ensuring that appropriate rescue medications are available, and taken if needed.

It sounds like whether the dive shop requires it or not (and some do here, for just general diving, ALL should if you're doing training dives) a visit to the doctor and a clean bill of health for diving will ensure peace of mind for everyone involved.

Have a great trip!

kari

 

[firstdive2005]

Hi I'm happy you get to try out Coz, I hope your trip is great for you and your friends. Great advice with calling Dan and getting further meds info. For me with my meds as they where written down the dive op asked if I had seen a dive docs advice and I replied yes. And that I had a clearance letter. That was good for them. I also consulted Dan.
ON the flip side, make sure you have your medications in their original bottles and have full perscriptions for customs to inpsect should you need to. I watched a lady loose her unbottled meds as I left Cozumel the other day. Also a diabetic had his insulan cooler gel pacs confiscated. That was very disturbing to me. He was headed to the officer in charge, after the officer took it while he was being inspected. I am not sure if he got it back to travel back of the states with or not.